Film Society at Lincoln Center Announces Family Films and Midnight Movies Series Lineup, Nov-Dec 2012

NATIONAL VELVET (1944) 123minDirector: Clarence BrownCountry: USAElizabeth Taylor was a child when she starred alongside Mickey Rooney in this affectionate and delightful tale based on Enid Bagnold's 1935 novel set in Sussex, England. Taylor, launched to stardom by this film, plays the vivacious Velvet Brown who, with the help of Mi Taylor (Rooney), sets off to train a magnificent sorrel gelding to run in the Grand National. Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress (Anne Revere) and Film Editing.Rated G.Screens November 17, 18

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THE FUNHOUSE (1981) 96minDirector: Tobe HooperCountry: USAHooper, the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE director delivers the scares in a carnival setting this time, as four teenagers are trapped and stalked by a deformed killer after they witness a murder by his hands while spending the night in the funhouse ride.Screens November 16

Q (1982) 93minDirector: Larry CohenCountry: USADetective David Carradine is on the case when a winged Aztec serpent nests atop the Chrysler building and begins wreaking havoc on the streets of New York in this one-of-a-kind gem from the one and only Larry Cohen.Screens November 9

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (2010) 112minDirector: Edgar WrightCountry: USACanadian musician Michael Cera must battle it out with his new girlfriend’s seven nefarious ex-boyfriends before they can live happily ever after in director Edgar Wright’s wildly original comic-book romance.Screens November 23

STAR WARS UNCUT (2012) 124minDirector: Casey PughCountry: USAFinally making the hyperdrive jump from online to onscreen, the crowdsourced masterpiece STAR WARS UNCUT is a shot-by-shot remake of George Lucas’ 121-minute EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE that takes the fan-film genre to a new level. Casey Pugh, the man behind this must-be-seen-to-be-believed tribute film, assigned 473 eager volunteers their own 15-second segment to reshoot or animate as they saw fit. Laid end to end (and subject to change at any time based on voter ratings), the result is one of the Internet’s true cinematic wonders: a manic, disjunctive bricolage spectacle of Lego stormtroopers, stop-motion Star Destroyers, tin-foil C-3POs, canine Chewies, and trash-can R2s. There’s an impressive number of illustrated entries and handmade animations, but it’s the backyard reenactments, with their moppet Princess Leias and minivan Millennium Falcons, that anchor the project in a shared love, the scope of which transcends the polish or perfectionism of any single segment.Screens November 30

NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) 95minDirector: Thom EberhardtCountry: USAWatch the skies: when the earth passes through the tail of a comet, a handful of non-zombie survivors band together to survive the apocalyptic aftermath in this unabashedly ‘80s doomsday pastiche.Screens December 7

Richard Pryor: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (1982) 82minDirector: Joe LaytonCountry: USAThree years after the seminal Richard Pryor: LIVE IN CONCERT (a past Midnight Movies selection), and two after setting himself on fire while freebasing, the comic genius returned for another extraordinary filmed concert performance.Screens December 14

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) 79minDirector: Charles E. Sellier, Jr.Country: USAA young boy who witnessed his parents’ murder at the hands of an axe-wielding Santa grows up to become a deranged killer himself in the notorious ‘80s shocker that so outraged family groups, the film’s original distributor pulled it from cinemas after only a week.Screens December 21

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